New Ulm weekly review., 1887-11-09
ABOUT ECRAGE GREELEY.
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very well" said q leading Ellsworth
merchant in conversation with a
! journal reporter the other day. '.Of
jail the eccentric men I ever knew, I
Dsthink he was the most peculiarly so.
II had occasion to call into the Tribune
gofice when Mr.. Greeley was there, and
81 never shall forget a little incident
sthat, fortunate enoush, made a good
8'mechanic out Of a poor newspaper
man. Mr. Greeley. you know, prided
S'hinlself that the columns OF the Trib-
tune never got left on any important
sGtem Of news.
NOn the reportorial staff of the
sTribune at the time speak Of was a
Flashing young Massachusetts fellow
sa man. SO New York Newspaper men
8said, who had a good nose for
snews. The young man had been con-
Enected with the Tribune but a
SWeek, when one afternoon he
Kwas summoned into the editorial
Esanctun by Mr.. Greeley himself. [
2happened to be chatting with Mr..
SGreeley at thetlme, and remember the
8scared look on the reporters counte-
Anance when he ushered himself before
1.-THE great Greeley, and the conversa-
Ation that then took place.
"'Young man." said Mr.. Greeley,
&sthere is to be a dinner at R-to- night,
Hand shall speak Be there at s sharp
Land report me. want column and
I q hail.
Il 1.-THE reporter bowed himself out of
1.-THE sanctum. AS further develop
&sments proved, the newspaper man had
8made arrangements to take his girl to
the opera that evening. He was up
la stump what to do. He was afraid
Il OF Mr.. Greeley and he was afraid of
/ his girl. He consulted with q reporter
friend OF his on a rival paper to the
Tribune, and his friend thus talked:
4 %, that's nothing. Guess you have
not been in New York long. How
much did Greeley say he wanted? Col
umn and q half? Oh, that will
be all right. You just get
kinto your claw.hammer and take the
gal to the opera knowwhat Greeley
fwill talk about. I've been to dinners
lots Of times and heard his speeches.
AFTER the opera come over to my
E4office and I'll dictate Greeley's after
Dinner speech, you write it down, and
|I'll wager S5 note that the editor
will compliment the report
Ri The Tribune reporter took his girl
||@oo the opera. He didn't enjoy him
/ fgseli very much, and after the curtain
fell and the girl was home he sought
his reportorial friend and found him
in his den. They 'wroteup' Mr.. Gree
ley, and put over the article the most
breezy headlines in their newspaper
vernacular. The speech was printed
on the first page of the Tribune
''The next morning Mr.. Greeley
came down town and tumbled into
the editorial chair at Z O'Clock. He
took up the Tribune, and the first
thing his eye fell upon was Hor-
ace Greeley's ringing speech at Rs
last evneing.
He read the article to the end with
Sout g. word. ...
4 sHe then threw the Tribune into
the waste-basket and pulled the bell
for the manager. d.
''Who wrote that article?' said Mr..
Greeley, when that man had appeared.
"'The new man, replied the manager.
''Send him up! roared Mr.. Greeley.
''The reporter who took his girl to
the opera the night before came rp.
Mr.. Greeley WAS white as sheet, when
the youth backed into the sanctum.
Z" Did you write that article?' thun-
dered Mr.. Greeley, referring to the
half-column OF headlines under which
was Mr.. Greeley's speech.
"'Ies, SIR said the reporter. 4 fol-
lowed you the best I could. You
know you spoke uncomm only fast last
to stand up
"'Spoke uncommonly fast, did r.
thundered Mr.. Greeley. Young man,
you lie! | vas sick last night, and
didn't go within three miles OF R s
and didn't make any speech.
"Mr. Greeley grabbed the retreating
form OF the pencii-pusher and actually
booted him down stairs and into the
street.
''The editor tried to recall the great
edition Of the Tribune, but it was too
late. He sent men all over the city
with instructions to buy every morn
ing Tribune in New York. Said he:
Buy them at any cost!
"Mr. Greeley paid as high as SO
cents q copy for some OF the papers,
but the speech that he didn't make
was the gossip Of all New York for a
week. The reporter never dared to
show his face to Mr.. Greeley after
that night. He dropped the scribe's
pen like a boiling hot potato and went
West, | believe. He made a splendid
mechanic
ION the way to the Tribune office ey-
cry morning Mr.. Greeley always stepped
into a perio lical store and bought the
Tribune and every paper printed in
New York continued the Ellsworth
merchant. 'He told me one day that
he always bought his own paper when
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